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| Antônio Gonçalves Dias |
Antônio Gonçalves Dias (1823-1864), was a Brazilian lyric poet. (references) |
| Bartholomeu Dias |
Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Dinis Dias |
Dinis Dias was a 15th century Portuguese explorer. (references) |
| Diogo Dias |
Diogo Dias, also known as Diogo Gomes, was a 15th century Portuguese explorer. He discovered some of the Cape Verde islands together with António Noli. Accompanied Pedro Álvares Cabral in the discovery of Brazil, being one of the captains of the fleet. On August 10, 1500, his ship, separated by weather, discovered an island they named after St Lawrence after the saint on whose feast day they had first sighted the island later known as Madagascar. (references) |
| Djalma Dias |
Djalma Pereira Lima Dias was a Brazilian football (soccer) player born in Rio de Janeiro on August 21st, 1939. Djalma Dias died on May 1st, 1990. (references) |
| Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos |
Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos, known as Nandó (born March 5, 1952) is the Prime Minister of Angola. He was appointed in November 2002, and took office on December 6 2002, filling the office which had been unoccupied since 1999. He had previously been Interior Minister. (references) |
| Fernando Dias van Dúnem |
Dr. Fernando Jose de Franca Dias van Dunem (born 1952) is an Angolan politician. He is a member of the ruling Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola and served as prime minister of Angola twice during the 1990s. His first time as prime minister was from June 1991 until December 1992. He was the first prime minister appointed since the post was abolished in 1978. After four years out of office, Dias was reappointed prime minister on June 3 1996 and remained in office until a cabinet reshuffle in January 1999 when the post of prime minister was again abolished until 2002. (references) |
| Ivan Cardinal Dias |
His Eminence Ivan Cardinal Dias (born 1936-04-14 in Mumbai, India) is a Roman Catholic cardinal and the Archbishop of the Bombay diocese. The diocese still retains the old name of the city which was renamed to Mumbai in 1996. (references) |
| Ivan Dias Martins |
Ivan Dias Martins (born on August 9, 1947 in Wichita, Kansas) is one of the greatest American cover performers. (references) |
| Maria Berenice Dias |
Maria Berenice Dias (born in 1948 in the city of Santiago, state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) is a progressive Brazilian judge, the first woman to take the bench in her home state of Rio Grande do Sul. She also was the first woman to become a justice of the Court of Appeals (Tribunal de Justiça) in that same state. She is the presiding justice over the 7th Panel of Judges of the Court of Appeals in the state capital of Porto Alegre. Her own specialty is the area of family law. (references) |
| Paulo Dias de Novais |
Paulo Dias de Novais was a Portuguese colonizer of Africa in the 16th century. He was the grandson of the explorer Bartolomeu Dias. (references) |
| Pêro Dias |
Pêro Dias (15th century) Portuguese explorer of the African coast. Accompanied his brother Bartolomeu Dias in his journey around the Cape of Good Hope in 1487/1488, having commanded the supply-ship. (references) |
| Pico dos Dias Observatory |
The Pico dos Dias Observatory or OPD is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by LNA or the National Astrophysical Laboratory of Brazil. It is located in southern Minas Gerais, 37km from Itajubá. (references) |
| Roy Dias |
Roy Luke Dias (born 18 October 1952, Colombo) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who played 20 Test matches as a specialist batsman, and became the first Sri Lankan to hit 1,000 Test runs. He played representative cricket for Sri Lanka from 1979 to 1987, and with his 214 runs in the 1979 ICC Trophy he was an integral part of Sri Lanka's tournament victory, as he played four matches with a batting average of 71.33, scoring 214 runs. The victory meant Sri Lanka qualified for the 1979 cricket World Cup, and, surprisingly, Sri Lanka won one match in that tournament as well. Dias made a patient 50 as Sri Lanka made their way to 238 for 5, before bowling India out for a meagre 191. (references) |
| Solomon Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike |
Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike (1899-1959) fourth Sri Lankan Prime Minister [1956-59] of Ceylon [now Sri Lanka], Sinhalese [the Sinhalese are the majority o Sri Lanka] patriot who's enforcement of Sinhalese and Buddhism the main language and religion respectively in Sri Lanka prompted immediate troubles in Sri Lanka that led to a civil war that claimed 65,000 lives [1980's to 2000]. His wife became the first female prime minister in the world and his daughter became prime minister and then president. (references) |
| Sousa Dias |
Sousa Dias (born in Oporto 1956) is a Portuguese philosopher. He has published several books including one about French philosopher Gilles Deleuze. (references) |
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